Interviews

Weekly feature introducing you to film professionals from all over Europe sorted by name.

8443 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 19/09/2025. 644 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Juan Cavestany • Director of An Optical Illusion

"Reality has lived up to my films"

Juan Cavestany • Director of An Optical Illusion

It proved impossible to have just your everyday chat with Juan Cavestany, a highly unconventional auteur who is presenting his latest film, An Optical...  

21/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

David Pérez Sañudo • Director of Ane is Missing

“The generation gap is something that fascinates me”

David Pérez Sañudo • Director of Ane is Missing

Basque director David Pérez’s début film, Ane is Missing, delves into motherhood, the intergenerational divide and (re-found) unity in the face of adversity  

21/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | New Directors

Pablo Agüero • Director of Akelarre

"I steered clear of period-film clichés"

Pablo Agüero • Director of Akelarre

Pablo Agüero talks to us about his new film, Akelarre, the chronicle of a witch hunt that took place centuries ago, but the repercussions of which can still...  

18/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Nacho Álvarez • Director of My Heart Goes Boom!

"This film is an homage to the Italian diva"

Nacho Álvarez • Director of My Heart Goes Boom!

Uruguay’s Nacho Álvarez makes his directorial debut with My Heart Goes Boom!, a musical produced by Spain and Italy, featuring the popular hits of pop star...  

18/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | RTVE Screenings

Michael Stejskal • Distributor, FilmLaden

“We need better ways to find funding mechanisms which are a real help”

Michael Stejskal • Distributor, FilmLaden

We spoke to the managing director of Austrian distribution company FilmLaden, Michael Stejskal, about the complexities of the country’s market  

17/09/2020 | /Austria

Nicolas Maury • Director of My Best Part

"As Cocteau used to say: too much is just about enough for me"

Nicolas Maury • Director of My Best Part

Nicolas Maury discusses his transition to film direction via My Best Part, which was awarded the Cannes Official Selection Label and has now been presented...  

17/09/2020 | Toronto 2020 | Industry Selects

Heleen Rouw  • Director, Cinekid Festival

“We try to see creativity as a superpower and aim to make room for the way children view the world”

Heleen Rouw • Director, Cinekid Festival

Cineuropa sat down with Cinekid new director Heleen Rouw to talk about the forthcoming edition in the context of the pandemic  

17/09/2020 | Cinekid 2020

Pietro Castellitto • Director of The Predators

“It’s a film which goes against all the rules of screenwriting”

Pietro Castellitto • Director of The Predators

VENICE 2020: We chatted with Pietro Castellitto about his debut work The Predators , awarded the Best Screenplay trophy in the Orizzonti section  

16/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Orizzonti

Bruce LaBruce • Director of Saint-Narcisse

"I wanted to point out how ridiculous and extreme narcissism has become now"

Bruce LaBruce • Director of Saint-Narcisse

VENICE 2020: Bruce LaBruce returns to the Giornate degli Autori with Saint-Narcisse, in which the sacred and the blasphemous collide, redefining the...  

15/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

Dumitru Budrala • President and founder, Astra Film Festival

“The audience was our main partner”

Dumitru Budrala • President and founder, Astra Film Festival

We talked to Dumitru Budrala, the president and founder of the Astra Film Festival, about how outdoor screenings are an effective way to rejuvenate one’s...  

15/09/2020 | Astra 2020

Emmanuel Mouret • Director of Love Affairs(s)

"This film is an ode to our inconstancy"

Emmanuel Mouret • Director of Love Affairs(s)

French filmmaker Emmanuel Mouret decodes Love Affairs(s) , a work awarded the Cannes 2020 Official Selection Label which is soon to hit French cinemas  

15/09/2020 | /France

Alessandro Rossellini • Director of The Rossellinis

"I genuinely believe this film has opened my eyes"

Alessandro Rossellini • Director of The Rossellinis

VENICE 2020: We chatted with Alessandro Rossellini, the director of The Rossellinis, an Italian-Latvian co-production presented in competition at Venice’s...  

14/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | International Film Critics' Week

Simone Marcelli • Director of Occident Express

"The challenge was to successfully talk the language of the moving image, rather than that of the theatre"

Simone Marcelli • Director of Occident Express

VENICE 2020: Simone Marcelli talks to us about his film Occident Express, which features footage of the stage play of the same name written by Stefano Massini  

14/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

Flavia Mastrella, Antonio Rezza • Director of Samp

"The task was to totally rip up the script and obliterate the set"

Flavia Mastrella, Antonio Rezza • Director of Samp

VENICE 2020: Artists and stage performers Flavia Mastrella and Antonio Rezza present their new cinematic work, Samp, in the Giornate degli Autori  

14/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

Enrico Chiesa • Clap ACP coordinator, International Organisation of La Francophonie

“The goal is to encourage South-South co-productions by giving them the means to be more solid”

Enrico Chiesa • Clap ACP coordinator, International Organisation of La Francophonie

Enrico Chiesa tells us about Clap ACP, a project financed by the European Union to support South-South co-productions  

14/09/2020 | /France

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